EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Wood’s Dispatch on Education, 1854. The Wood’s Despatch is considered as ‘Magna-Carta’ of English Education in India. Charles Wood was the President of the Board of Control of East India Company.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Wood’s Despatch is known as the ‘Magna Carta’ of English education in India. It was the first declaration of British education policy for educating the masses at all levels. Q.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Wood’s dispatch was called the Magna Carta of Indian Education because it aimed to give more education liberties and freedoms to the people of India and advance their education system.

Detailed explanation-4: -Through the despatch, he also suggested that high schools use anglo-vernacular medium and that English should be the medium for college-level education. Hence, the Wood’s Despatch is considered as ‘Magna-Carta’ of English Education in India.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lord Dalhousie, India’s Governor-General at the time, received an official letter from Sir Charles Wood, the President of a Board of Control of a British East India Company, in 1854 suggesting a significant shift in India’s use of the English language which came to be known as Wood’s Despatch.